Anandtech's 5770 Rev 2 cooler review.

[ViRGE]

Seems this guy with a 4000$ meter says the original 5770 is at 44 db load. Thats 3 db's less then the new cooler design.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_5850_PCS_Plus/28.html

Point is, 3 or 4 db, 2 or 3c lower temps.
Much better!

I do like the 10$ cheaper part. But that has yet to be proven.

You do realize that you can't compare results like that, right? AT would be using a different case, different CPU, different fans, never mind any differences in testing methodology. With sound testing it's less about the absolute value, as it is values relative to other cards in the same test configuration.

 

[happy medium]

You do realize that you can't compare results like that, right? AT would be using a different case, different CPU, different fans, never mind any differences in testing methodology. With sound testing it's less about the absolute value, as it is values relative to other cards in the same test configuration.

Thanks you just made my point.

 

[crisium]

No, the point is AT compared both versions with the same setup. This other site evaluated one version in a different setup. AT's comparison is still valid.

...you do realize this don't you? God, I hope so.

 

[edplayer]

are you having family problems or problems at work?

Tell us what is wrong. You don't want to keep these emotions bottled up.


:awe:

 

[Yowen]

I think as a child my parents and I moved too much which has manifested itself in severe social disability at later age.

Oh wait... You weren't asking me?

 

[kalrith]

Thanks you just made my point.

Unless your point was that you posted a link to a completely irrelevant review that cannot in any way be compared to the AT review, I don't think he made your point. I'll post the quote for you to read again (maybe more slowly this time) to hopefully help you see the light:

You do realize that you can't compare results like that, right? AT would be using a different case, different CPU, different fans, never mind any differences in testing methodology. With sound testing it's less about the absolute value, as it is values relative to other cards in the same test configuration.

As far as this card being "much better," I think everyone thinks that except you. If a company can make a product better in every way while at the same time reducing costs more than 5%, you'd have to be a fool to think that the product isn't "much better."

 

[blanketyblank]

why has the $10 cheaper part not been proven?
When I was shopping for a 5770 the shrouded revision 1 cards were about 180 and the egg cooler cards were about 165. In fact this still seems to be the case.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-858-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-864-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-447-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-462-_-Product

 

[Zap]

Who cares? Plus the old shroud type puts heat out of the case.

That review read like a paid endorsement to me.
Opinions?

I think that review told it like it is. The reason it might not seem like it is because it goes against the assumptions of most enthusiasts.

To give an example, take a look at the two different GTX 295 models. Original was a dual PCB design with a blower that directed air towards the back while newer design was a single PCB which directed air both front and back.

I would hazard a guess that most enthusiasts, if presented with both cards and knowing the basics of airflow in a chassis, would pick the dual PCB design as the "better" one for cooling.

In reality the opposite is true.

I had done some internal testing, and some reviewers who tested for these things also came to the same conclusion. Sure, the difference was sometimes very small, but regardless of belief the fact is that the more unlikely cooler did a better job, even inside a case with "normal" front->back airflow.

(As an aside, someone on another forum got so pissed at me when I said that the new 295 cooler was "better" in the ways (and had links to two different reviews that said the same thing) that he put me on his ignore list.)

My whole point is that things can seem a whole lot more outrageous if it flies against "conventional wisdom" even if, when viewed dispassionately, it is really quite reasonable.